Vol. 5 (04) pp. 1707-1711 DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/4001

KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND PRACTICE OF DENTAL ADHESIVE USE AMONG DENTAL PRACTITIONERS OF CHENNAI CITY- A CROSS SECTIONAL STUDY.

  • II BDS student, Prosthodontics department, Saveetha Dental College, Chennai - 600 077.
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Aim: The aim of this study is to evaluate the knowledge, attitude and practice of dental adhesive use among dental practitioners of Chennai city. Objective: A conflicted topic in both clinic practice and dental education is the use of adhesive and their roles in prosthodontics. The use of adhesive are known to be poor aids to provide retention to an ill fitting prosthesis by few dentists. These views have raised many conflicts among the dentists about the use of dental adhesive. Background: This study is done among 150 dental practitioners in the city of Chennai by circulating self administered questionnaires. Some questionnaires were also filled through online. The data will be reported in the SPSS online software to tabulate the percentages and mean. Method: The questionnaires were distributed among many dental clinics and also through online forms. The responses were recorded and the data imported to spss online software for the results. Reason: This study tries to solve the conflict idea between various dental practitioners regarding the use of dental adhesive and their role is prosthodontics. Result: A mixed response was obtained about the subjects knowledge about the denture adhesive. According to the attitude type questions average responses were elicited. However majority of them used denture adhesive in their practice.

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Subashri A. (2017); KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND PRACTICE OF DENTAL ADHESIVE USE AMONG DENTAL PRACTITIONERS OF CHENNAI CITY- A CROSS SECTIONAL STUDY., International Journal of Advanced Research (IJAR), 5 (04), 1707-1711, ISSN 2320-5407. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/4001

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Subashri. A
Prosthodontics department, Saveetha Dental College Chennai - 600 077.

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